Hi Marsha, I'm wondering if you'd be up for a critique? I see that you are finished and often when people reach this stage they are understandably reluctant to have someone monkeying around with their art. But - if you want me to help I'm here :)

@will-terry I would be honored! True, I am reluctant because I worked really hard on it but I know that I can ALWAYS improve! I have to turn it in tomorrow so I won't be making any changes for the class assignment but, I am open and very grateful to hear what you have to say. There are a few things I think I could work on and I would like to see if any of them are the same as your thoughts too. I know that any time I post on this forum I will almost certainly get some feedback that causes me more work :-) That's what happens when you post among talented artists!

I will be starting a new one this week so maybe I can use your pointers on that one :-)

@will-terry Thank you! I see what you mean. What a difference! I was using resources and following them exactly instead of considering their position and how it would affect the composition! I always have trouble with perspective but...my teacher actually suggested the background and watched me draw it! I guess he's more concerned with teaching painting techniques in this particular class. I'll post the thumbnails for my next one and get feedback sooner! That table was bothering me a lot and felt wrong. (it's also challenging for me to work on big paper (22 x 30) so much space to fill with big objects :-) I'm used to smaller formats.